Speak unto the children of Israel, that they turn and encamp before Pihahiroth, between Migdol and the sea, over against Baalzephon: before it shall ye encamp by the sea.
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Glossary
- Baal-zephon Place
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Biblical campsite. Modern identification: Tell Defenneh.
- Migdol Place
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Biblical settlement. Modern identification: Tell el Herr.
- Pi-hahiroth Place
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Place where the reeds grow (LXX. and Copt. read “farmstead”), the name of a place in Egypt where the children of Israel encamped ( Ex. 14:2 , 9), how long is uncertain. Modern identification: plain near Jabal Jinayfah.